Diomede Catroux, one-time Minister of Air of France, told the Israel-French Friendship League last night that if the world permits the disappearance of Israel. Europe too will disappear because “Israel is Europe’s outpost in the Orient,” He called for the formation of a European-Israel bloc to withstand both the USSR “lust for power” and the “dominating desire of American dollars.”
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